Dan Egan
Dan Egan (born January 31, 1964)[1] is an American professional alpine skier. He is known for his appearances in over a dozen ski films, including ones produced by Warren Miller.[2], and is referred to as one of the "pioneers of extreme skiing".[3][4][5]. In 2016 he was indicated into the US National Ski Hall of Fame.[1][6]
Biography[edit]
Egan grew up in Boston, skiing at Blue Hills in Canton, Massachusetts.[3][5]. Dan played soccer for Babson College and graduated in 1987[3] Dan is most well known for his appearances in ski films[5] which were available to the public with the rise of the VHS tape.[3][5][7]. Dan Egan now owns and runs his own production and marketing company, Degan Media, Inc. based in Campton, New Hampshire [8], which produces skiing and elite sailing event footage[3]. Dan also leads ski camps and clinics with SkiClinics [1] around the world[8][3].
Ski Career[edit]
Dan and John Egan followed the geopolitical events of the 1980s and 1990s[9][7] skiing off of the Berlin Wall[5][9][7], with the Kurds during the first Persian Gulf War[5][9], in Yugoslavia a week before the Yugoslavia Wars started[5], and in Romania after the murder of Nicolae Ceasusescu[5]. In 1993, the Egan brothers organized a Middle East Peace Ski in Lebanon[9].
In 1990 Dan Egan and his brother John Egan were filming with Warren Miller films at Grand Targhee resort in Wyoming when a cornice the size of two tour buses broke. The two skier escaped and the footage is one of the most viewed ski clips of all time[10][9][7]. Months later in May of 1990, Dan Egan was on an expedition to Mount Elbrus, when a storm trapped five members in pursuit of the summit. Dan was one of four to survive after he spent the night alone in a self-made ice cave.[11][4][9][9]
Dan Egan, John Egan, and Scot Schmidt were the founding members of The North Face Extreme Team in the 1990s.[9]
Personal life[edit]
Egan's brother John is also a well-known professional skier who is featured with Dan in many films. The pair are referred to as the Egan Brothers.[8]
Filmography[edit]
Source:[12]
- 1988- Escape to Ski by Warren Miller Entertainment
- 1988- How the Super Skiers Ski by Warren Miller Entertainment
- 1989- White Magic by Warren Miller Entertainment
- 1989- Skiing Extreme I by Warren Miller Entertainment
- 1989- Decade of Descents by Egan Entertainment Network
- 1990s- Founded North Face Extreme Team with John Egan and Scot Schmidt Scot Schmidt [9]
- 1990- The Egan Brothers survive a famous cornice break at Grand Targhee, WY, which becomes Warren Miller's most-viewed film segment[3] [4]
- 1990-Warren Miller Extreme Winter by Warren Miller Entertainment
- 1991- Born to Ski by Warren Miller Entertainment
- 1991- Extreme Dream by Egan Entertainment Network
- 1991- Skiing Extreme II by Eric Perlman Productions
- 1991- Disaster on Mt Elbrus by Egan Entertainment Network
- 1992- Steeper and Deeper by Warren Miller Entertainment
- 1992- Skiing Extreme III by Eric Perlman Productions
- 1992- Return of the Shred-I by Egan Entertainment Network
- 1993- Black Diamond Rushby Warren Miller Entertainment
- 1993- Skiing Extreme IV by Eric Perlman Productions
- 1993- Children of the Snow by Egan Entertainment Network
- 1994- Vertical Realityby Warren Miller Entertainment
- 1995- Advanced to the Steep by Straight up Films
- 1996- Double Exposure by Warren Miller Entertainment
- 1996- Dan hosted Front Row television series for New England Sports Network
- 1996- Dan Egan and Dean Decas jumped out of the Cannon Mountain tramp for promotional purposes
- 1997- Where the Steeps have No Name by Egan Entertainment Network
- 1998 - 2009- Dan Egan's Wild World of Winter television series by Egan Entertainment Network
- 1998- Baffin Island by Egan Entertainment Network
- 1998- Advanced to the Steep II by Straight up Films
- 1999- Fifty by Warren Miller Entertainment
- 1999- Ski Academy by Egan Entertainment Network
- 2000- 20 Years of Ski Bumming by Egan Entertainment Network
- 2000- Torngat by Egan Entertainment Network
- 2001- The Great American Freerideby Egan Entertainment Network
- 2015 - 2016 - New England Ski Journal with Dan Egan Television Series by Degan Media, Inc
- 2019- Flow State Big Sky Montana" by Teton Gravity Research
- 2019- Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story by Lorton Entertainment[8]
- 2020- Future Retro by Warren Miller Entertainment[4]
Books[edit]
2021- "Thirty Years in a White Haze: Dan Egan’s Story of Worldwide Adventure and the Evolution of Extreme Skiing "[8] [10][11][5][7]
Awards[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dan & John Egan Hall of Fame Class of 2016". U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame. 2016.
- ↑ Rapoport, Faye (13 November 2005). "Skiing 2005-2006: An Insider's Guide". New York Times. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Wilbur, Eric. Boston.com. Boston Globe Media Partners https://www.boston.com/sports/untagged/2015/04/03/for_dan_and_john_egan_extreme_skiing_is_still_all. Retrieved 15 February 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Extreme skier Dan Egan to speak about near-death experience on Mount Elbrus that changed his life". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Thatcher, Leslie. "Extreme Ski Tape Legend Dan Egan to Sign Copies of His Biography in Park City Friday". www.kpcw.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ↑ admin (2020-02-05). "Dan Egan on Warren Miller". SkiTheWorld.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Cohen, Emily (2021-03-17). "Extreme Skiing Pioneer Dan Egan Reflects on 'Thirty Years in a White Haze'". KHOL 89.1 FM. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Lessels, Allen. "Resolutions for this ski season from some of New England's most avid skiers". Boston Globe. Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 "Ski Legend Dan Egan Releases New Book Chronicling His Worldwide Adventures". www.snowindustrynews.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 White Haze https://www.white-haze.com/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Dan Egan's Wild Ride". VT SKI + RIDE. 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ↑ "Film Archive". Warren Miller Entertainment.
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